Abstract:&nbsp\;
strong>&quot\;Microsoft introduced Azure Data Factory as an ETL t
ool for the Azure platform. They introduced a large number of tasks that y
ou can set up. But the most basic task\, that of transforming data has not
been possible without dumping the data to an intermediate structure. Unti
l now&hellip\;

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In this ses
sion\, we will look at the Microsoft&rsquo\;s Data Flow feature\, which is
currently in preview. We will look at how you can transform your data usi
ng components almost the same as SSIS data flow transformations.

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I will finally demonstrate how you
can handle fixed width text files using Data Flows. I will demonstrate how
to generate the fixed width data flow from metadata stored in Excel or SQ
L Server.&quot\;